History of Marshall County Mississippi United States of America

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A Short Biography of James Kimbrough Jones

James Kimbrough Jones, senator, was born in Marshall county, Miss., Sept. 29, 1839; son of Nat Kimbrough and Mary J. (Jones) Jones, and grandson of Matthew and Edmund Jones. He removed with his parents to Dallas county, Ark., in 1848, and there received his education. He was a private in the Confederate army, 1861-65, and at the close of the war went back to his plantation, where he remained until 1873, when he entered on the practice of law in Hempstead county, Ark. He was state senator, 1873-79, and was president of the senate, 1877-79. He was Democratic representative from Arkansas in the 47th, 48th and 49th congresses, 1881-87, and was elected to the U.S. senate as a Democrat to succeed James D. Walker, Democrat, taking his seat, March 4, 1885. He was re-elected in 1890 and 1897, and was chairman of the Democratic national committee, conducting the presidential campaigns of 1896 and 1900.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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